{"id":577138,"date":"2026-07-31T12:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/577138\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:48:08","slug":"marketa-irglova-shares-condolences-with-glen-hansards-family-may-his-light-shine-on-throughout-your-days-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/577138\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark\u00e9ta Irglov\u00e1 shares condolences with Glen Hansard\u2019s family: \u2018May his light shine on throughout your days\u2019 \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark\u00e9ta Irglov\u00e1<\/a>, Glen Hansard\u2019s<\/a> musical collaborator who he co-wrote the Oscar<\/a>-winning song Falling Slowly with, has expressed her condolences following his death.<\/p>\n

The Czech musician wrote the track with Hansard for the 2007 movie Once, which they both starred in<\/a>, and was also part of a folk duo The Swell Season with Hansard, releasing three albums together.<\/p>\n

Hansard and Irglov\u00e1 first met in her hometown at a gig when she was 13 and he was 31.<\/p>\n

During the promotional tour for Once, they began a relationship which then ended two years later.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy deepest condolences to Glen\u2019s family, his brothers and his beautiful wife and son, you are all in my thoughts and prayers,\u201d Irglov\u00e1 said on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am so sorry for your tragic loss, my heart goes out to you.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay his love always surround you, his spirit guide and protect you, and may his light shine on throughout your days.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hansard, the frontman of The Frames who also featured in the celebrated film The Commitments \u2013 died in a motorbike crash on Wednesday<\/a>, hours after taking part in a trad session at a local pub.<\/p>\n

Former US president Barack Obama<\/a>, Bruce Springsteen, US actor Rachel Zegler, Hamilton-creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and pop star Billie Eilish are among the high-profile names who have paid tribute to Hansard<\/a> after his death.<\/p>\n

[\u00a0Glen Hansard was Ireland\u2019s band leader, something Bono or Geldof couldn\u2019t beOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n

Irish musicians Bono<\/a>, Bob Geldof, Cait O\u2019Riordan, Andrea Corr, and Hozier also paid tribute; a memorial busk was held in Dublin on Thursday for him<\/a> by fellow buskers.<\/p>\n

As well as his musical career, Hansard has been praised for his activist work<\/a>, particularly his support for the homeless.<\/p>\n

He began an annual Christmas Eve charity busk outside the Gaiety Theatre 16 years ago, drawing members of the public to see famous Irish musicians perform in aid of the homeless in the city.<\/p>\n

Hansard also took part in protests against Ireland\u2019s housing crisis, a march to mark three years since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, and the anti-austerity water charge protests in 2014.<\/p>\n

He is survived by his wife, the Finnish poet Maire Saaritsa, and their three-year-old son Christy. \u2013 PA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark\u00e9ta Irglov\u00e1, Glen Hansard\u2019s musical collaborator who he co-wrote the Oscar-winning song Falling Slowly with, has expressed her…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":577139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[615,93,109247,61,60,134769,2625],"class_list":["post-577138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-dublin","tag-entertainment","tag-glen-hansard","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-marketa-irglova","tag-oscars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=577138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/577139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=577138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=577138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=577138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}